Panama and the canal . th of, SO, 58Venice, merchants in, 4Vultures, 58 Walker, John G., rear-admiral, 219 Wallace, John F., engineer, 219, 221 Warrees, 60, 61 Washington, George, 36 Waste and extravagance in build-ing French Canal, 120 Water lizard of Panama, 66 Water supply in the Canal Zone,148, 150 Waterways across Central America,108 West India Islands, 7, 9 Wild hog, 60 Women of Panama, 77 Working force for building canal,156, 218 Yams, 77 Yellow fever, 70, 119, 138, 142,150, 151, 152, 154 Young Mens Christian Associa-tion, 160 Yucatan, 9 Yucca, 77. Santa Maria.—One of the Ships of Colum
Panama and the canal . th of, SO, 58Venice, merchants in, 4Vultures, 58 Walker, John G., rear-admiral, 219 Wallace, John F., engineer, 219, 221 Warrees, 60, 61 Washington, George, 36 Waste and extravagance in build-ing French Canal, 120 Water lizard of Panama, 66 Water supply in the Canal Zone,148, 150 Waterways across Central America,108 West India Islands, 7, 9 Wild hog, 60 Women of Panama, 77 Working force for building canal,156, 218 Yams, 77 Yellow fever, 70, 119, 138, 142,150, 151, 152, 154 Young Mens Christian Associa-tion, 160 Yucatan, 9 Yucca, 77. Santa Maria.—One of the Ships of Columbus.(From an exact reproduction built in i8g2.) PANAMA AND THE CANAL By Alfred B. Hall Instructor in History in Tlie Hotchkiss School, Lakcville, Cona and Clarence L. Chester Traveler and Explorer NEW YORK NEWSON & COMPANY Fl56iHIT Copyright, 1910, byNEWSON & COMPANV^ (S) ^f^7-t 1332 INTRODUCTION Castilla del Oro —Golden Castile—was the namegiven by Columbus to the Isthmus of Panama, in honorof Isabella, good queen of the old Spanish kingdom ofCastile. Golden, indeed, it was to be, a land of treasurefar beyond the dreams of the Great Discoverer. Graveof the Spaniards—the oionecrs called it, who fought towin the treasure from savage Indians, cruel pirates, anda deadly climate. Key to the Pacific—some, too, havenamed it. As if, when Nature raised the Ijroad continentsof North and South America between the Atlantic and thePacific, she originally planned a waterway at this con-venient spot to connect the two oceans. And then, as anafcu31924014018034
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